Distorting hackneyed words in hackneyed songs He turns revolt into a style, prolongs The impulse to a habit of the time. (Thom Gunn)

Distorting hackneyed words in hackneyed songs He turns revolt into a style, prolongs The impulse to a habit of the time.

Thom Gunn

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